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Monday, July 9, 2012

Kill Your Monday Blues with Hils Hints: All Things Distress Part 12

All Things Distress

Part 11

Distress Inks, and why they are so special

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This week and next, I’m going to
show you how to get a cool, rusty look on your tags and embellishments. This is particularly handy if you are
going for the vintage look, but don’t want to use real rusty items!

This
first technique simply uses distress inks and clear embossing powder, and gives
the appearance of something that was enameled or painted, but is now largely
rusted.

Ink your tag or cardstock by rubbing a distress ink
pad directly over it.Make sure
you completely cover the surface with ink.

Pour clear embossing powder all over your tag, and
then pour off the excess.Distress
ink can be used for embossing, so the powder will stick.

Hold your tag over a bin or a box, face down, and
flick the back of it hard in several places.This will make some of the embossing powder come off.

Heat emboss the tag until the powder has gone
shiny.Note that the tag will
probably be quite wet because the ink was applied directly to it, and so you
may get some steam coming off it when you use the heat gun.Don’t panic, unless you can smell
burning it’s not catching fire!

Let the tag cool.

Using the ink blending tool, ink over the entire
tag, making sure you work the ink into any cracks and crevices left by the
embossing powder.

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Use a cloth or paper towel to rub the excess ink
off the embossed areas.

You will now have a tag that is rust coloured, with
bits of blue peeking through.

If you want to stamp over the tag, you will need
to use a permanent ink such as Archival Ink or Staz On.

This
technique has great possibilities – imagine using it on shaped die cuts such as
keys and locks, book plates, even flowers.

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Handy tip

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Make sure your crafting surface is protected with a
heatproof craft sheet.Not all
craft sheets are heatproof (the Ranger ones are), so double-check first before
you ruin your furniture!